The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)’s Vietnam - US Society (VUS) and the US’s Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee (VPCC) held a friendship meeting on April 20 to mark the 50th anniversary of the People’s Peace Treaty between Vietnam and the US.

VOV.VN - Newly-elected Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 15 chaired a Cabinet meeting to implement upcoming tasks following the completion of the new Cabinet lineup.

Lieut. Gen Vu Chien Thang, Director of the Defence Ministry’s Foreign Relations Department, led a Vietnamese delegation to attend a meeting of the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus Working Group (ADSOM+ WG) via videoconference on April 7.

Hanoi’s Department of External Affairs and the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg held an online meeting on March 31 to discuss ways to enhance their cooperation.

A kick-off meeting on the development of roadmap to implement the Hanoi Declaration on strengthening social work towards cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community took place in Hanoi on March 25.

VOV.VN - The National Election Council (NEC) convened its fourth session in Hanoi on March 22 to examine preparations for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and grassroots-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.

VOV.VN - A total of 17 out of the 18 members of the Political Bureau, the highest policy-making body within the Communist Party of Vietnam, have been introduced as they prepare to run for various positions ahead of the upcoming National Assembly election.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese postdoctoral researcher Le Duc Dung, who is working at University Hospital Würzburg in Germany, has been granted the Basic Science Award at the 47th Annual Meeting of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT).

The 11th ASEAN Military Operations Meeting (AMOM-11) was held via videoconference on March 10 under the chair of Brigadier General Haji Abdul Razak bin Haji Abd, Joint Force Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on March 2 attended a virtual Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, during which he affirmed Vietnam, as an active and responsible member of the ASEAN Community, commits to working with other member states of the bloc in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.